tumors of the lung, pleura and head and neck Flashcards
most common cause of lung cancer
smoking
along with small carcinoma, ____________ has the strongest association with smoking
along with small carcinoma, squamous carcinoma has the strongest association with smoking
squamous cell carcinoma will present usually a _____ lesion in/near major bronchi
central
precusor lesions of invasive squamous cell carcinoma arise from the
bronchial epithelium
most common type of lung cancer in US
adenocarcinoma
adenocarcinoma usually located
peripherally
hystologically defined by gland, tubule, and papilla formation and/or mucin production
adenocarcinoma
TTF-1 immunohistochemical stain shows
nuclear positivity in tumor cells
TTF-1 immunohistochemical results: - squamous cell carcinoma - adenocarcinoma - small cell carcinoma
- squamous cell carcinoma- negative - adenocarcinoma- positive - small cell carcinoma- positive
which lung cancer is very aggressive and usually presents at an advanced stage
small cell carcinoma
small cell carcinoma has frequent
paraneoplastic manifestations
small cell carcinoma usually presents as a
large central mass
small blue cells
small cell carcinoma
small cell carcinoma cells show
neuroendocrine differentiation
lung cancer prognosis depends on
tumor stage: TNM and type
is it important to histologic type lung cancers?
yasssssss, we can do targeted lung cancer therapy
pleural tumors usually arise from?
other sites, metastases
tumors involving the pleura may give rise to
pleural effusions
pleural plaques
most common manifestation of asbestos exposure
tumro derived from mesothelial cells that line the pleura and peritoneum
mesothelioma
mesothelioma is strongly associated with -timeline
asbestos exposure and develops after a long latent period
tumors is diffuse, rind-like growth over the pleura and it is firm and white
mesothelioma
mesothelioma is hard to distinguish from
adenocarcinoma
tumors of the oral cavity and oropharynx are mostly
squamous cell carcinoma
erythroplakia vs leukoplakia
red vs white precursor lesion
eisk factors for tumor in mouth
- smoking - alcohol abuse - HPV - sun exposure
strong association with epstein barr virus
nasopharyngeal carcinoma